Hey everybody! This has been the week of weeks! We finally became a Phase 1 Mission on Tuesday which means that we can go and basically do normal missionary work with heavy restrictions and guidelines. But the main point is that we are free!
Here's a quick run through of this week:
Monday we had yet another average P day. We did all of our normal P day stuff which was pretty boring. Overall it was a pretty good day, we played a lot of basketball which is a hoot!
Tuesday was the best day of the week! It was just nonstop good times all day long! We dropped off a couple copies of the Book of Mormon in the morning and did a comp study with the Cleveland elders. At the end of the day, since it was Tuesday, we went and got some Teriyaki Express in celebration of Teriyaki Tuesday. After dinner we got a text from the APs saying that there is going to be a surprise Mission zoom meeting in 30 minutes. We then rush back to the apartment and hop on. The news then changed everything! More will be mentioned in the miracle of the week.
Wednesday we had interviews with President Horgesheimer in the morning which was awesome. We talked about moving forward with being in Phase 1 and I told him how excited I was to go street contacting in Cleveland. He said that he wants to go street contacting over at the University with us one day! I'm pumped, it would be an honor and a privilege to go contacting with President! After interviews we decided to stop by the Kirtland Historical Site and walk around while exploring, Two site sisters, not from our mission, walked up and started talking to us. We talked to them about what missionary work was like in isolation. Right when we were about to walk away like 6 more of them swarmed us. It felt like an interrogation with all the questions they were asking. They wouldn't let us leave until we set up a virtual tour of the site. So we got their area email and we will be trying to set one up today for p day. After that it was a pretty average day, we called some people and that was it.
Thursday we had the privilege of having Elder Christofferson have a zoom meeting with our mission, along with a couple other people. They talked with us for an hour about overcoming fear and what we should teach as missionaries. Later that night we decided to go street contacting on Cleveland Clinic and I came to a shocking discovery: I don't remember how to street contact! It was fine though, absolutely no one wanted to talk with us. It really brought me back to the good old days!
Friday we had our District Council which was really good. There were a lot of really good trainings and the spirit was super strong. After that we played a little bit of basketball and got some Sonic. When we got home we had a couple lessons and did weekly planning. Overall it was a really good day.
Saturday we did some more street contacting over at the Euclid beach. There is a pretty nice walkway along the beach and it's a really good spot to talk to people. We talked to a bunch of people and one guy we talked to seemed pretty interested in meeting with us so it was sweet. That night we had a couple more lessons and had our missionary coordination meeting. That pretty much wrapped up the day.
Sunday we had like 5 meetings we had to go to. We had branch council, branch devotional, YSA planning, Ward outreach, and our weekly mission wide devotional. It was a long day, but it was really good overall.
Miracle of the week:
So our mission finally got shifted into a Phase 1 Mission. This means that we can meet people in person, street contact, and knock only specific doors for specific people. The only catch is that we have to be socially distanced and wear masks. So we are all pumped! We also can have in person District Council which is a game changer! We are all so excited to be out of isolation and gradually returning to more traditional stuff!
Funny moment of the week:
We were on one of our meeting calls on Sunday discussing members we should reach out to and we got to one guy. The only information that the Branch secretary had was this, "Yeah, he really liked the Euclid ward, but they told him to go to the YSA branch. He went inactive". I just started busting up laughing in the middle of the call. Luckily we were on mute so they didn't know. It's just nonstop good times here in the YSA!
Love,
Elder Bohn
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